Johnson recognizes, however, that all the passes thrown to him last year weren’t necessarily a good thing. The rest of the Lions’ receivers were plagued by injuries, meaning the Lions had few other options in the passing game. And the Lions were losing late in games, meaning they were throwing a lot. Johnson would prefer to see the Lions not have to rely on him so much.

“It’s definitely possible, but if guys are healthy, I shouldn’t have to do that,” Johnson said.

The Lions want to put the ball in their best player’s hands a lot. But if Johnson gets the ball less this year because the Lions are leading more, that would be a good thing.

15 responses to “Calvin Johnson thinks he can top last year, hopes he doesn’t”

At the end of the day, NFL games are still won and lost in the trenches – the battle over who controls the line of scrimmage, the OL or the DL. That’s where the Detroit Lions continue to struggle – on both sides of the ball.

I realize that we have been a joke forever, but when it’s all said and done, the Detroit lions will have been home to the arguably the best running back ever and if Calvin keeps it up, the best WR ever. It’s not a super bowl but at least it’s something you can be proud of….

Yeah i like CJ and all but the very last game they were literally force feeding calvin johnson every pass just so he could break Jerry Rice’s record.. He needed something ridicoulous like 180 yards that game

Jerry never needed to be forced the ball, the dude just always got open.